来源：The Athletic
作者：By Kyle Tucker Jul 30, 2021
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https://theathletic.com/2730551/2021/07/29/joshua-primo-goes-to-the-san-antonio-
spurs-heres-what-theyre-getting/?article_source=search&search_query=Primo
Title:
Joshua Primo goes to the San Antonio Spurs: Here’s what they’re getting
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So you’re a San Antonio Spurs fan and you just heard they took an Alabama playe
r 12th overall in the 2021 NBA Draft. That sounds pretty good, right? The Crimso
n Tide won the SEC, after all. Maybe it’s Heisman winner DeVonta … wait, nope,
wrong sport. OK, but that basketball team was crazy loaded too.
马刺队的球迷们，听说他们在 2021 年的 NBA 选秀中以第 12 顺位选中了一名阿拉巴马州
球员。这听起来不错，对吧？毕竟，Crimson Tide 赢得了 SEC。也许是海斯曼奖得主DeVon
ta……不，搞错了这是篮球，马刺真的太疯狂了！
There was Herb Jones, SEC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. A
nd John Petty, who led the league in made 3-pointers and smashed the school reco
rd for 3s in a career. Former McDonald’s All-American Jahvon Quinerly led the c
onference in 3-point percentage and won SEC tournament MVP. And Jaden Shackelfor
d, an All-SEC guard who led Alabama in scoring. So many stars to choose from.
Alabama 可是有Herb Jones，SEC 年度最佳球员和年度最佳防守球员。而John Petty则是全
联盟投进最多三分球的球员，并打破了校史纪录。以及前麦当劳最佳球员 Jahvon Quinerly
，他的 3 分命中率为分区领跑者，并赢得了 SEC 锦标赛 MVP。最后还有Jaden Shackelfo
rd，SEC 的全明星后卫，全队的得分王，一切任君挑选。
“But as it turns out, Josh Primo might be the best pro of them all,” Tide coac
h Nate Oats says. “He sacrificed a little bit of himself for us. His numbers co
uld’ve been a lot higher if he went somewhere else. He could’ve thrown a fit w
hen he wasn’t getting a ton of shots or wasn’t starting. But he just kept doin
g whatever it took for us to win, and it ended up working out for him too. It ju
st goes to show that when you play your role and contribute to team success, you
prove your own value in the process. Without him, we don’t win the SEC. Withou
t us doing that, he probably doesn’t get drafted as high.”
“不过呢，Josh Primo 也许才是是他们阵中最好的球员呢， Nate Oats 说。 “他确实为
我们牺牲了某些东西，假如他去其他地方，他的数据绝不仅仅于此。他大可在没有得到大量
出手甚至仅做为替补时大发脾气。但他做的仅是竭尽全力为我们赢得胜利，而这也让他成长
了不少。
就像我们一直在说的，当你扮演好自己的角色并为团队取得成功时，你同时也证明了自己的
价值。没有他，我们走不出SEC。也正因如此，他才被马刺看见了。”
The Spurs took Primo, a 6-foot-6 wing from Toronto who reclassified to play coll
ege basketball a year early and does not turn 19 until Christmas Eve, less for w
hat he is now than for what he can be down the road. He started 19 games in coll
ege, averaged 8.1 points and 3.4 rebounds, sank a respectable 38.1 percent from
3-point range. But the stroke looks pure, and he’s a good athlete who shows pro
mise as a switchable defender and has a little wiggle as a secondary ball-handle
r.
马刺选择了这位来自多伦多，今年底才满 19 岁，跳级NCAA的侧翼，Primo。他在大学的19
场比赛，场均得到 8.1 分和 3.4 个篮板，且三分球命中率高达 38.1%，虽然技巧层面还很
稚嫩，但他是一名可靠的转换防守者，并且能作为球队第二持球点。
Primo made Canada’s U19 World Cup team as a 16-year-old in 2019, blew up as a p
rospect at the Basketball Without Borders camp in February of 2020, made the SEC
All-Freshman team at Alabama last season and then turned heads at the NBA Combi
ne in June.
Primo在 2019 年 16 岁入选了加拿大 U19 ，并且在 2020 年 2月的篮球无疆界中展露头角
，上赛季入选了SEC的新秀第一队。然后，他在今年六月投入了NBA 选秀联合试训。
“We knew he wanted to play in the NBA and believed he was good enough to do tha
t someday, but we thought he was more like a two-and-done,” Oats says. “It was
a win-win situation for us, though. If he stays, that’s great for our team. If
he goes, that’s great for him that he reached his dream in just one year — an
d helps us in recruiting. I think he’s the youngest player in this class, and w
hen you talk about drafting on upside, he’s that. But a lot of times when those
guys don’t end up reaching their potential, it’s because they’re low-charact
er kids with a bad work ethic. He’s the opposite of that. He’s the guy you’re
drafting with the hope that he’ll be great in a couple years who’ll be doing
everything he possibly can to make sure he is great in a couple years.”
“我们知道他想在 NBA 打球，也相信他足以做到这一点，但我们原先认为他至少会待到大
二球季”Oats说。 “不过，这对我们来说是一个双赢的局面。如果他留下来，那对我们的
球队来说很棒。如果他投入选秀，不仅对他来说是梦想成真，并能帮助我们打响招牌，以招
募更多潜力新秀入队。
我想他应该是这梯最年轻的球员吧，你谈到本届选秀最有潜力的几个，他就是其中之一，我
知道很多时候，这些璞玉最后没有发挥出他们的潜力。但我可要说一句，那些流星们通常是
因为他们的心态、职业道德不够健全。而他正恰恰相反。他是你们（我刺？）正在寻找的人
，他能完美的融入团队，同时，他也会尽其所能的步向伟大之路。”
If you want to envision Peak Primo, go watch the first nine minutes of Alabama’
s game at Auburn on Jan. 9. On his way to 22 points, five rebounds, three assist
s, two steals and a block, Primo scored 14 of the Tigers’ first 16. He splashed
four 3-pointers in that opening blitz. It was just his 12th college game.
Primo的极限在哪里？去看看 1 月 9 日阿拉巴马州在奥本的比赛的前 9 分钟吧 他在9
分钟内得到 22 分、5 个篮板、3 次助攻、2 次抄截以及一个火锅，他得到了老虎队开局16
分中的14分，开场4记三分球。而这只是他的第 12 场大学比赛而已。
“On the road against our biggest rival, a freshman comes out totally locked in
and ready to go and takes over the game,” Oats says. “I know a couple of thing
s about Josh at the next level: He definitely won’t be afraid, and he’s going
to make shots.”
“每次对阵我们最强大的那些对手时，这名新生总会跳出来并接管比赛，”Oats说。 “至
少Josh在下一个级别的征途中绝对不会害怕，而且他会（投篮）。”
Oats actually knows a third thing about the San Antonio’s latest draft pick: Pr
imo is tough as hell. He sprained his MCL — it looked much worse than that — w
hen his left knee buckled during the SEC tournament quarterfinals in March. He s
at out the next three games but returned to play 40 total minutes against Maryla
nd and UCLA in the NCAA Tournament, producing 16 points and six rebounds during
the Tide’s first Sweet 16 run in almost 20 years.
“There was already a lot of NBA buzz about him. He could’ve easily just said,
‘I’m done. I’m going to make sure my stock stays high. I’m not coming back a
nd risking it,’” Oats says. “There was some talk from his camp about shutting
him down. But he just did not want to do it. He fought it. He wanted to help hi
s team, and he went all-in with the trainer to get back and play. The fact that
he wanted to be part of that run, to be out there with his teammates instead of
protecting his own interests, kind of reminds me of Jaylen Waddle for our footba
ll team.”
Oats教练能确定关于这位马刺新秀的第三件事情就是：Primo他非常坚韧，在 3 月份的 SEC
锦标赛四强赛中，当他的左膝扭伤了内侧副韧带（事实上看起来比那要糟糕得多）。在接
下来他缺席了三场比赛，但在 NCAA 锦标赛中对阵马里兰州大和UCLA的比赛中，他总共上场
了 40 分钟，在Tide近 20 年来的第一场甜蜜 16 强中得到 16 分和 6 个篮板。
“（受伤）那时候已经有些关于他选秀的讨论。他本可以轻松地说，我仁至义尽了，接下来
我还要投入选秀，不可能回来冒险。’”Oats 说。 “学校已经在讨论是否就让他关机，但
他就是不想这么做。他决定站起来奋战，正因他想帮助他的球队，他与训练师全力以赴想回
到比赛中，他想成为那些征途的一部分，和他的队友站在一起，而不是确保自己的选秀价值
，这让我想起了Jaylen Waddle为他的球队所做的事。”
Waddle, a star wide receiver and eventual No. 6 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, brok
e his ankle on Oct. 24 last season. He returned to play for the Tide in the nati
onal championship game in January.
(关于Waddle, 是一名明星外接手，并最终在 2021 年 NFL 选秀中排名第 6，上赛季于 10
月 24 日脚踝骨折。而他在1月份的冠军赛中回到了比赛。)
“Those guys didn’t have to come back after their injuries,” Oats says, “but
they both did because they care about winning.”
So your team drafted a guy from Alabama. That sounds pretty good, right?
那些孩子大可不必在受伤后还赶着回到赛场，但他们最终都回来了，因为他们是真的在乎比
赛。
所以我要说，马刺你选了一个来自阿拉巴马的孩子，听起来挺不错的不是吗！？（还第12顺
位）
心得：
希望这只真的是马刺未来的解，不然估计就再选一个更猛的吓吓刺迷们